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Orange County <br />Hillsborough <br />North Carolina <br />Manager's Office Established 1752 <br />May 15, 2013 <br />Honorable Board of Commissioners <br />Orange County, North Carolina <br />200 S Cameron Street <br />Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />RE: Budget Message - FY 2013 -14 Recommended Budget <br />In accordance with the Local Budget and Fiscal Control Act, per North Carolina General <br />Statute 159 -11, I submit to you the Recommended FY 2013 -14 Annual Operating Budget <br />for Orange County. The proposed General Fund budget totals $185,921,190. It reflects an <br />increase of $5.9 million, or 3.29% increase from the current year original budget of <br />$180,002,776. This proposed budget represents a $6.2 million decrease from this year's <br />amended budget of $192.1 million through April 2013. The recommended budget has been <br />balanced with an appropriation of $3.4 million of the General Fund unassigned fund <br />balance. As proposed, this funding plan balances the budget without a property tax <br />increase. <br />$190 <br />H <br />C $185 <br />2 $180 <br />$175 <br />$170 <br />Original Budget <br />2009 -10 2010 -11 2011 -12 2012 -13 2013 -14 <br />The fiscal issues that impact the County's FY 2013 -14 Budget: Federal and State budgetary <br />issues, reductions in Federal and State revenues, expenses passed to the County by the <br />State and effects of the slow recovery from the economic recession on our residents. We <br />prepared this budget increasing the operational funding for local schools to 48.1% of the <br />County's General Fund revenues per the target established by the Board of County <br />Commissioners. With the inclusion of allocations for school nurses, school social workers <br />and Sheriff Department resource officers, the funding percentage becomes 49.15% of total <br />revenues. <br />In prior meetings, we have informed you that County revenues have grown only slightly over <br />the current fiscal year. Other counties have continued to experience declines in taxable <br />valuations, thus some growth, even if modest, remains a positive sign. <br />200 S Cameron 3reet - PO Box 8181 - Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 <br />Phone- (919) 245 -2300 <br />Fax (919) 644 -3004 <br />